Loudoun Stairs Blog

October 16, 2018

Looking To The Future

One Step Forward

Loudoun Stairs is based on manual labor, as is the case with most carpentry companies. As the older generations are retiring and the new ones are joining the work force, one specific problem is plaguing us all. Where will we find workers to fill the holes of our retiring carpenters? The generations of today are plagued with accusations of laziness and entitlement, but one thing is clear, it’s not that those generations don’t want to work. They don’t want to do the hard manual labor day in and day out. Who can blame them? They grew up hearing “work smarter not harder” and now that they are doing just that we insult them.

Two Steps Back

In response Loudoun Stairs is offering new programs, student loan help, and tuition help, things that millennials and the younger generations are looking for. But there is one thing that we haven’t changed about Loudoun Stairs yet. It is still hard, manual labor day in and day out. So what can we change? Well for Loudoun Stairs, we are looking at robots! When companies find robots to do that hard labor they are treated with that same scorn as the millennials. But are we really replacing people’s jobs? Or are we filling the gap between the generations? We are begging for applicants, and why? Because there are so few craftsmen companies like Loudoun Stairs are fighting over the remaining few. Soon we will be forced to move forward with the progress of the generations or we will struggle along hoping for a change to find us. Which way will you choose?

The saws are running, dusting is flying, hammers are banging. It is another day at Loudoun Stairs. People are moving lumber around as they transform from pieces of wood into stair and rail parts. One of the first stops they make is to the big blue panel saw. A little more than a year ago, we determined that our old Holzman saw just wasn’t cutting it anymore. After much research, we finally settled onto a Biesse panel saw and went through the process of buying, and installing the new saw. Now this is a big piece of equipment, we even had to build onto the building to compensate for the new space occupied by the saw.Read More

Robots, whether you believe that they are going to take over the world, or you are looking forward to the day that your car drives you to work, we are all headed to a future of more automation. Even now, we are seeing it in almost every industry across the globe. Loudoun Stairs has its own fair share of robots. Read More

So, you want to renovate your stairs or rails. You have worked through improving the house and now as you walk up your steps, it hits you. Your stairs and rails are an eye sore! But now, as you flip through Houzz, Instagram, and Pinterest it becomes apparent that stairs have their own style and can show your personality just as a coat of paint in your living room will. So now you are researching, tradition, contemporary, glass, iron, and transitional! So many option, so many possibilities, and all just as beautiful as the last.Read More